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TO DISCHARGE THE COMMITTEE ON INVALID PENSIONS FROM CONSIDERATION OF H. RES. 264, REQUESTING THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO TRANSMIT FOR THE INFORMATION OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ALL THE PAPERS, OFFICI…
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How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)
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How each state's members voted
In 9 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 11 every one voted no; 21 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its members voted.
- All yes
- All no
- Split
- No yes or no vote
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 0 yes, 4 no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 no
- Washington: 0 yes, 2 no
- Idaho: 1 yes, 0 no
- Montana: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Dakota: 0 yes, 1 no
- Minnesota: 1 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 7 yes, 10 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 5 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 0 yes, 7 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- New York: 10 yes, 11 no, 12 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 7 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Dakota: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Iowa: 0 yes, 9 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 2 yes, 8 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Ohio: 3 yes, 11 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 6 yes, 17 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 2 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 1 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: 1 yes, 0 no
- Colorado: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nebraska: 3 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 8 yes, 3 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 4 yes, 2 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 6 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Maryland: 1 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 0 yes, 1 no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 1 yes, 4 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 3 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 7 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 4 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 6 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 3 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 4 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 5 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 7 yes, 0 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 9 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Florida: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.
Alabama 5 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- George Washington Taylor (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry De Lamar Clayton (Democrat) — YEA
- Jesse Francis Stallings (Democrat) — YEA
- John Hollis Bankhead (Democrat) — PRESENT
- John Lawson Burnett (Democrat) — YEA
- Oscar Wilder Underwood (Democrat) — YEA
- William Farrington Aldrich (Republican) — NAY
- Willis Brewer (Democrat) — YEA
Arkansas 3 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Hugh Anderson Dinsmore (Democrat) — YEA
- John Sebastian Little (Democrat) — YEA
- Philip Doddridge McCulloch Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Stephen Brundidge Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Chipman McRae (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Leake Terry (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
California 1 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Eugene Francis Loud (Republican) — NAY
- James Carson Needham (Republican) — NAY
- John All Barham (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Julius Kahn (Republican) — NAY
- Marion de Vries (Democrat) — YEA
- Russell Judson Waters (Republican) — NAY
- Victor Howard Metcalf (Republican) — PRESENT
Colorado 2 yes, 0 no
Connecticut 0 yes, 3 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Delaware 0 yes, 1 no
Florida 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Robert Wyche Davis (Democrat) — YEA
- Stephen Milancthon Sparkman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Georgia 7 yes, 0 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Lafayette Bartlett (Democrat) — PRESENT
- Elijah Banks Lewis (Democrat) — YEA
- Farish Carter Tate (Democrat) — PRESENT
- James Mathews Griggs (Democrat) — YEA
- John W. Maddox (Democrat) — YEA
- Leonidas Felix Livingston (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Rufus Ezekiel Lester (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Charles Adamson (Democrat) — YEA
- William Gordon Brantley (Democrat) — YEA
- William Henry Fleming (Democrat) — YEA
- William Marcellus Howard (Democrat) — YEA
Iowa 0 yes, 9 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Gilbert Nelson Haugen (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Albert Tiffin Hull (Republican) — NAY
- John Fletcher Lacey (Republican) — NAY
- Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver (Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Reed Lane (Republican) — NAY
- Lot Thomas (Republican) — NAY
- Robert Gordon Cousins (Republican) — NAY
- Smith McPherson (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Hedge (Republican) — NAY
- William Peters Hepburn (Republican) — NAY
Idaho 1 yes, 0 no
Illinois 7 yes, 10 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Jarvis Hopkins (Republican) — NAY
- Ben Franklin Caldwell (Democrat) — YEA
- Benjamin Franklin Marsh (Republican) — NAY
- Edward Thomas Noonan (Democrat) — YEA
- George Edmund Foss (Republican) — NAY
- George Peter Foster (Democrat) — PRESENT
- George Washington Prince (Republican) — YEA
- George Washington Smith (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Sherman Boutell (Republican) — NAY
- James Robert Mann (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Robert Williams (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Burns Crowley (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Gurney Cannon (Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Verdi Graff (Republican) — NAY
- Robert Roberts Hitt (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Cusack (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Marion Jett (Democrat) — YEA
- Vespasian Warner (Republican) — NAY
- Walter Reeves (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William August Rodenberg (Republican) — NAY
- William Elza Williams (Democrat) — YEA
- William Lorimer (Republican) — NAY
Indiana 2 yes, 8 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Lincoln Brick (Republican) — NAY
- Charles Beary Landis (Republican) — NAY
- Edgar Dean Crumpacker (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Francis Marion Griffith (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Washington Cromer (Republican) — NAY
- George Washington Faris (Republican) — NAY
- George Washington Steele (Republican) — NAY
- James Alexander Hemenway (Republican) — NAY
- James Eli Watson (Republican) — NAY
- James McClellan Robinson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Jesse Overstreet (Republican) — NAY
- Robert Walter Miers (Democrat) — YEA
- William Taylor Zenor (Democrat) — YEA
Kansas 1 yes, 4 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Curtis (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Chester Isaiah Long (Republican) — NAY
- Edwin Reed Ridgely (Populist) — YEA
- James Monroe Miller (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Justin De Witt Bowersock (Republican) — NAY
- William Alexander Calderhead (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Augustus Reeder (Republican) — NAY
- Willis Joshua Bailey (Republican) — NAY
Kentucky 4 yes, 2 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Seaton Berry (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Kennedy Wheeler (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- David Highbaugh Smith (Democrat) — YEA
- George Gilmore Gilbert (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Dixon Allen (Democrat) — YEA
- John Stockdale Rhea (Democrat) — YEA
- June Ward Gayle (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Oscar Turner (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Johnson Pugh (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Young Fitzpatrick (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Vincent Boreing (Republican) — NAY
Louisiana 3 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Adolph Meyer (Democrat) — PRESENT
- Joseph Eugene Ransdell (Democrat) — YEA
- Phanor Breazeale (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Charles Davey (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Foligny Broussard (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Matthews Robertson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 2 yes, 7 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Franklin Sprague (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Ernest William Roberts (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Frederick Huntington Gillett (Republican) — NAY
- George Pelton Lawrence (Republican) — NAY
- George Warren Weymouth (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Francis Naphen (Democrat) — PRESENT
- John Francis Fitzgerald (Democrat) — YEA
- John Randolph Thayer (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Walker McCall (Republican) — NAY
- William Croad Lovering (Republican) — NAY
- William Henry Moody (Republican) — NAY
- William Shadrach Knox (Republican) — NAY
- William Stedman Greene (Republican) — NAY
Maryland 1 yes, 2 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Frank Charles Wachter (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Alexander Pearre (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James William Denny (Democrat) — YEA
- Sydney Emanuel Mudd (Republican) — NAY
- William Benjamin Baker (Republican) — NAY
Maine 0 yes, 4 no
Michigan 0 yes, 7 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Carlos Douglas Shelden (Republican) — NAY
- Edgar Weeks (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Edward La Rue Hamilton (Republican) — NAY
- Henry Cassorte Smith (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Blaisdell Corliss (Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Warren Fordney (Republican) — NAY
- Roswell Peter Bishop (Republican) — NAY
- Rousseau Owen Crump (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel William Smith (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Washington Gardner (Republican) — PRESENT
- William Alden Smith (Republican) — NAY
- William Smith Mesick (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Minnesota 1 yes, 3 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Frank Marion Eddy (Republican) — NAY
- Frederick Clement Stevens (Republican) — NAY
- James Albertus Tawney (Republican) — YEA
- James Thompson McCleary (Republican) — NAY
- Joel Prescott Heatwole (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Loren Fletcher (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Page Walter Morris (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Missouri 8 yes, 3 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Edward Pearce (Republican) — NAY
- Charles Frederick Joy (Republican) — NAY
- Charles Fremont Cochran (Democrat) — YEA
- David Albaugh de Armond (Democrat) — YEA
- Dorsey William Shackleford (Democrat) — YEA
- Edward Robb (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Beauchamp Clark (Democrat) — YEA
- James Cooney (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Tilghman Lloyd (Democrat) — YEA
- John Dougherty (Democrat) — YEA
- Maecenas Eason Benton (Democrat) — YEA
- Richard Bartholdt (Republican) — NAY
- Willard Duncan Vandiver (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Strother Cowherd (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Waller Rucker (Democrat) — YEA
Mississippi 4 yes, 0 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Andrew Fuller Fox (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Frank Alexander McLain (Democrat) — YEA
- John Mills Allen (Democrat) — YEA
- John Sharp Williams (Democrat) — YEA
- Patrick Henry (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Clendinen Catchings (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Spight (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Montana 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Albert James Campbell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
North Carolina 4 yes, 1 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Randolph Thomas (Democrat) — YEA
- George Henry White (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Dillard Bellamy (Democrat) — YEA
- John Humphrey Small (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Wilbur Atwater (Populist) — NOT VOTING
- Richmond Pearson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Romulus Zachariah Linney (Republican) — NAY
- Theodore Franklin Kluttz (Democrat) — YEA
- William Walton Kitchin (Democrat) — YEA
North Dakota 0 yes, 1 no
Nebraska 3 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no
New Jersey 2 yes, 4 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Franklin Howell (Republican) — NAY
- Charles Newell Fowler (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Clay Loudenslager (Republican) — NAY
- James Fleming Stewart (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John James Gardner (Republican) — NAY
- Joshua S. Salmon (Democrat) — YEA
- Richard Wayne Parker (Republican) — NAY
- William Davis Daly (Democrat) — YEA
Nevada 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Francis Griffith Newlands (Silver) — NOT VOTING
New York 10 yes, 11 no, 12 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Van Schaick Cochrane (Republican) — NAY
- Amos Jay Cummings (Democrat) — YEA
- Arthur Sidney Tompkins (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Bertram Tracy Clayton (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles William Gillet (Republican) — NAY
- Daniel Joseph Riordan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- De Alva Stanwood Alexander (Republican) — NAY
- Edmund Hope Driggs (Democrat) — YEA
- Edward Butterfield Vreeland (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Frank Eugene Wilson (Democrat) — YEA
- George Brinton McClellan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- George Washington Ray (Republican) — NAY
- Jacob Ruppert Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Mary Early O'Grady (Republican) — NAY
- James Schoolcraft Sherman (Republican) — NAY
- James Wolcott Wadsworth (Republican) — NAY
- Jefferson Monroe Levy (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Henry Ketcham (Republican) — NAY
- John Joseph Fitzgerald (Democrat) — YEA
- John Knox Stewart (Republican) — PRESENT
- John Quincy Underhill (Democrat) — YEA
- Louis Woodard Emerson (Republican) — NAY
- Lucius Nathan Littauer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Martin Henry Glynn (Democrat) — YEA
- Michael Edward Driscoll (Republican) — NAY
- Mitchell May (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Nicholas Muller (Democrat) — YEA
- Sereno Elisha Payne (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Joseph Bradley (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Townsend Scudder (Democrat) — YEA
- William Astor Chanler (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Henry Ryan (Democrat) — YEA
- William Sulzer (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 3 yes, 11 no, 7 did not vote yes or no
- Archibald Lybrand (Republican) — NAY
- Charles Henry Grosvenor (Republican) — NAY
- Charles William Frederick Dick (Republican) — NAY
- David Meekison (Democrat) — YEA
- Fremont Orestes Phillips (Republican) — NAY
- Henry Clay van Voorhis (Republican) — NAY
- Jacob Henry Bromwell (Republican) — PRESENT
- James Albert Norton (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Harding Southard (Republican) — PRESENT
- John Anderson McDowell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Jacob Lentz (Democrat) — YEA
- John Lewis Brenner (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph John Gill (Republican) — NAY
- Robert Bryarly Gordon (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Walker Tayler (Republican) — NAY
- Seth W. Brown (Republican) — NAY
- Stephen Morgan (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Theodore Elijah Burton (Republican) — NAY
- Walter Lowrie Weaver (Republican) — NAY
- William Bunn Shattuc (Republican) — NAY
- Winfield Scott Kerr (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Oregon 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Malcolm Adelbert Moody (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas H. Tongue (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 6 yes, 17 no, 6 did not vote yes or no
- Athelston Gaston (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles Frederick Wright (Republican) — NAY
- Edward Danner Ziegler (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Ernest Francis Acheson (Republican) — NAY
- Galusha Aaron Grow (Republican) — NAY
- Henry Dickinson Green (Democrat) — YEA
- Henry Harrison Bingham (Republican) — NAY
- Horace Billings Packer (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Irving Price Wanger (Republican) — NAY
- James Knox Polk Hall (Democrat) — YEA
- James Rankin Young (Republican) — NAY
- James Wilfrid Ryan (Democrat) — YEA
- John Dalzell (Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Baltzell Showalter (Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Crocker Sibley (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Earlston Thropp (Republican) — NAY
- Laird Howard Barber (Democrat) — YEA
- Marlin Edgar Olmsted (Republican) — NAY
- Marriott Brosius (Republican) — NAY
- Robert Adams Jr. (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Rufus King Polk (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Arza Davenport (Republican) — NAY
- Stanley Woodward Davenport (Democrat) — YEA
- Summers Melville Jack (Republican) — NAY
- Thaddeus Maclay Mahon (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Stalker Butler (Republican) — NAY
- William Connell (Republican) — NAY
- William Harrison Graham (Republican) — NAY
- William McAleer (Democrat) — PRESENT
Rhode Island 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Adin Ballou Capron (Republican) — PRESENT
- Melville Bull (Republican) — NOT VOTING
South Carolina 6 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
South Dakota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Henry Burke (Republican) — NAY
- Robert Jackson Gamble (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Tennessee 7 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Edward Snodgrass (Democrat) — YEA
- Edward Ward Carmack (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Richard Gibson (Republican) — NAY
- James Daniel Richardson (Democrat) — YEA
- John Austin Moon (Democrat) — YEA
- John Wesley Gaines (Democrat) — YEA
- Nicholas Nichols Cox (Democrat) — YEA
- Rice Alexander Pierce (Democrat) — YEA
- Thetus Willrette Sims (Democrat) — YEA
- Walter Preston Brownlow (Republican) — PRESENT
Texas 9 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Albert Sidney Burleson (Democrat) — YEA
- James Luther Slayden (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Hall Stephens (Democrat) — YEA
- John Levi Sheppard (Democrat) — YEA
- Joseph Weldon Bailey (Democrat) — YEA
- Reese Calhoun de Graffenreid (Democrat) — YEA
- Robert Bradley Hawley (Republican) — NAY
- Robert Emmet Burke (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Lee Henry (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Rudolph Kleberg (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Bronson Cooper (Democrat) — YEA
- Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham (Democrat) — YEA
- Thomas Henry Ball (Democrat) — YEA
Utah 1 yes, 0 no
Virginia 6 yes, 1 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Claude Augustus Swanson (Democrat) — YEA
- Francis Rives Lassiter (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Hay (Democrat) — YEA
- John Franklin Rixey (Democrat) — YEA
- John Lamb (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Julian Minor Quarles (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Peter Johnston Otey (Democrat) — YEA
- Richard Alsop Wise (Republican) — NAY
- William Atkinson Jones (Democrat) — YEA
- William Francis Rhea (Democrat) — YEA
Vermont 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Horace Henry Powers (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Wallace Grout (Republican) — NAY
Washington 0 yes, 2 no
Wisconsin 1 yes, 5 no, 4 did not vote yes or no
- Alexander Stewart (Republican) — NAY
- Edward Sloman Minor (Republican) — YEA
- Henry Allen Cooper (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Herman Bjorn Dahle (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Henry Davidson (Republican) — NAY
- John Jacob Esch (Republican) — NAY
- John James Jenkins (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Joseph Weeks Babcock (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Stebbins Barney (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Theobald Otjen (Republican) — NAY
West Virginia 1 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alston Gordon Dayton (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Blackburn Barrett Dovener (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- David Emmons Johnston (Democrat) — YEA
- Romeo Hoyt Freer (Republican) — NAY
Wyoming 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frank Wheeler Mondell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
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